Items related to The life of William Blake,
Limited to 1480 numbered copies printed by the Chiswick Press on Vidalon handmade paper, in Monotype Baskerville, with display in Old Face Open and Caslon Dreyfus 40 . Twenty-four illustrations printed by collotype and tipped in, including a portrait of William Blake at Hampstead as frontispiece. Advertised in the Nonesuch Press 1927 Prospectus: ""While no one but the most superficial readers of Blake's writing would call him mad, Miss Wilson recognizes that his pyschological make-up was distinctly abnormal. This Life, besides having great human interest, is also valuable as a reference book, and the reader who has it at his side while reading Blake will understand him as he could never hope to otherwise, It is not only a biography, but a key to Blake." With a four-page supplement issued by the author in 1928 that printed part of an article in the Monthly Magazine, loosely inserted. The binding is uniform with The Writings of William Blake in three volumes, Nonesuch, 1925 Dreyfus 24 . A few small scratches on spine, shelfwear to lower corners, offset to cover of supplement. xv+ i , 397+ 1 pages. quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boards and title stamped in gilt on spine. small 4to..
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherThe Nonesuch Press
- Publication date1927
- ISBN 10 1135561869
- ISBN 13 9781135561864
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Rating
(No Available Copies)
Search Books: Create a WantIf you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!
Create a Want